{"id":972,"date":"2024-10-01T17:23:06","date_gmt":"2024-10-01T17:23:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/legacy.utcourts.gov\/utc\/news\/?p=972"},"modified":"2024-10-01T17:23:06","modified_gmt":"2024-10-01T17:23:06","slug":"justice-court-vacancy-announced-for-west-jordan-city","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/legacy.utcourts.gov\/utc\/news\/2024\/10\/01\/justice-court-vacancy-announced-for-west-jordan-city\/","title":{"rendered":"JUSTICE COURT VACANCY ANNOUNCED FOR WEST JORDAN CITY\u00a0\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"<p dir=\"ltr\"><span style=\"font-family: times new roman, serif;font-size: large\"><strong>West Jordan, Utah<\/strong>\u2014Applications are being accepted for a full-time justice court judge position\u00a0that will serve West Jordan, Utah. The position will replace Judge Ronald Kunz who will retire in\u00a0January.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\"><span style=\"font-family: times new roman, serif;font-size: large\">To be considered for a justice court judgeship in Salt Lake County, candidates must be at least 25\u00a0years of age, a citizen of the United States, a Utah resident for at least three years, and have a\u00a0degree from a law school that would make one eligible to apply for admission to a bar in any state\u00a0in the United States. In addition, applicants must be a resident of Salt Lake County, an adjacent\u00a0county, or the judicial district in which the justice court is located either upon appointment or\u00a0within a reasonable time following appointment.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\"><span style=\"font-family: times new roman, serif;font-size: large\">Information on judicial retention and performance evaluation is posted on the Utah State Court\u2019s\u00a0website at\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.utcourts.gov\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=http:\/\/www.utcourts.gov\/&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1727889695529000&amp;usg=AOvVaw278CiljqEZDn5dlSAb7IBf\">www.utcourts.gov<\/a>\u00a0under employment opportunities. An application for judicial office\u00a0form must be completed and is available on the court\u2019s website\u00a0<\/span>(<a href=\"https:\/\/legacy.utcourts.gov\/employment\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/legacy.utcourts.gov\/employment&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1727889695529000&amp;usg=AOvVaw0v4JHVYB1PjL7rzWNeYaZZ\">https:\/\/legacy.utcourts.gov\/employment<\/a>). The salary range for the position is $149,730 to $192,510\u00a0per year and includes benefits.\u00a0For additional information about working for West\u00a0Jordan, email Kassie Draper, Human Resource Generalist, at\u00a0<a href=\"mailto:Kassie.Draper@westjordan.utah.gov\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Kassie.Draper@westjordan.utah.gov<\/a>\u00a0or call her at (801) 569-5038.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\"><span style=\"font-family: times new roman, serif;font-size: large\">The deadline for applications is Friday, November 1, 2024 at 5 p.m. and should be sent to the\u00a0 attention of Jim Peters, Administrative Office of the Courts, P.O. Box 140241, Salt Lake City,\u00a0UT, 84114-0241. Applications received after the deadline will not be accepted. For questions\u00a0<\/span>about the justice courts or the process for filling this position, email Jim Peters, Justice Court\u00a0Administrator, at\u00a0j<a href=\"mailto:amesp@utcourts.gov\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">amesp@utcourts.gov<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\"><span style=\"font-family: times new roman, serif;font-size: large\">Utah law requires the Judicial Nominating Commission to submit three to five nominees to the\u00a0mayor of West Jordan,\u00a0Dirk Burton, within 45 days of its first meeting. Mayor Burton will then have\u00a030 days in which to select a finalist. His selection must then be ratified by the West Jordan City\u00a0Council and certified by the Utah Judicial Council.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"text-align: center\"><span style=\"font-family: times new roman, serif;font-size: large\"># # #\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>West Jordan, Utah\u2014Applications are being accepted for a full-time justice court judge position\u00a0that will serve West Jordan, Utah. The position will replace Judge Ronald Kunz who will retire in\u00a0January.\u00a0 To be considered for a justice court judgeship in Salt Lake County, candidates must be at least 25\u00a0years of age, a citizen of the United States, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":50,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-972","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-04-16 10:13:09","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/legacy.utcourts.gov\/utc\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/972","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/legacy.utcourts.gov\/utc\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/legacy.utcourts.gov\/utc\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/legacy.utcourts.gov\/utc\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/50"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/legacy.utcourts.gov\/utc\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=972"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/legacy.utcourts.gov\/utc\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/972\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":973,"href":"https:\/\/legacy.utcourts.gov\/utc\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/972\/revisions\/973"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/legacy.utcourts.gov\/utc\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=972"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/legacy.utcourts.gov\/utc\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=972"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/legacy.utcourts.gov\/utc\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=972"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}